https://padlet.com/genejr09/h67nkz03q1nj The regions of the surface, atmosphere, and hydrosphere of the earth (or analogous parts of other planets) occupied by living organisms. en-us 2016-10-10 14:30:44 UTC 2023-05-07 23:24:05 UTC hello@padlet.com genejr09 https://padlet.com/genejr09/h67nkz03q1nj/wish/129531620 *About 80% of tsunamis happen within the Pacific Ocean’s “Ring of Fire.”]]> 2016-10-10 14:42:43 UTC https://padlet.com/genejr09/h67nkz03q1nj/wish/129531620 genejr09 https://padlet.com/genejr09/h67nkz03q1nj/wish/129533458 *Atmosphere is made of 4 layers: troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere and thermosphere.]]> 2016-10-10 14:47:11 UTC https://padlet.com/genejr09/h67nkz03q1nj/wish/129533458 genejr09 https://padlet.com/genejr09/h67nkz03q1nj/wish/129534833 * The lithosphere is made up of tectonic plates, which are basically the continents of the planet.]]> 2016-10-10 14:51:06 UTC https://padlet.com/genejr09/h67nkz03q1nj/wish/129534833 genejr09 https://padlet.com/genejr09/h67nkz03q1nj/wish/131147955 *The hydrosphere is one of the four spheres of the Earth system; the other three are the geosphere or lithosphere.]]> 2016-10-17 14:10:29 UTC https://padlet.com/genejr09/h67nkz03q1nj/wish/131147955 genejr09 https://padlet.com/genejr09/h67nkz03q1nj/wish/131150675 *The hydrosphere consists of all of the water on, in and surrounding Earth]]> 2016-10-17 14:16:11 UTC https://padlet.com/genejr09/h67nkz03q1nj/wish/131150675 genejr09 https://padlet.com/genejr09/h67nkz03q1nj/wish/131151092 * The water in the hydrosphere is distributed among the ocean, glaciers and ice caps, groundwater, surface water and etc.]]> 2016-10-17 14:17:07 UTC https://padlet.com/genejr09/h67nkz03q1nj/wish/131151092 genejr09 https://padlet.com/genejr09/h67nkz03q1nj/wish/131151857 *The word lithosphere is derived from the word sphere, combined with the Greek word lithos, meaning rock .]]> 2016-10-17 14:18:57 UTC https://padlet.com/genejr09/h67nkz03q1nj/wish/131151857 genejr09 https://padlet.com/genejr09/h67nkz03q1nj/wish/131152245 *Under the oceans , the crust is only about 3–5 mi (5–10 km) thick. ]]> 2016-10-17 14:19:49 UTC https://padlet.com/genejr09/h67nkz03q1nj/wish/131152245 genejr09 https://padlet.com/genejr09/h67nkz03q1nj/wish/131152687 *Below the lithosphere, the temperature is believed to reach 1,832°F (1,000°C), which is warm enough to allow rock material to flow if pressurized.]]> 2016-10-17 14:20:46 UTC https://padlet.com/genejr09/h67nkz03q1nj/wish/131152687 genejr09 https://padlet.com/genejr09/h67nkz03q1nj/wish/131153425 *Below the lithosphere, the temperature is believed to reach 1,832°F (1,000°C), which is warm enough to allow rock material to flow if pressurized.]]> 2016-10-17 14:22:15 UTC https://padlet.com/genejr09/h67nkz03q1nj/wish/131153425 genejr09 https://padlet.com/genejr09/h67nkz03q1nj/wish/131153936 About 99% of the atmosphere is made up of oxygen and nitrogen. The remainder is made up of argon, carbon dioxide and very small amounts of hydrogen, ozone, methane, carbon monoxide, helium, neon, krypton and xenon.]]> 2016-10-17 14:23:26 UTC https://padlet.com/genejr09/h67nkz03q1nj/wish/131153936 genejr09 https://padlet.com/genejr09/h67nkz03q1nj/wish/131155640

Currently, approximately 150 terrestrial impact structures have been identified around the world, with the discovery rate of new structures in the range of 3-5 per year

]]> 2016-10-17 14:27:29 UTC https://padlet.com/genejr09/h67nkz03q1nj/wish/131155640 genejr09 https://padlet.com/genejr09/h67nkz03q1nj/wish/131156805 2016-10-17 14:30:05 UTC https://padlet.com/genejr09/h67nkz03q1nj/wish/131156805 genejr09 https://padlet.com/genejr09/h67nkz03q1nj/wish/131158479 2016-10-17 14:33:45 UTC https://padlet.com/genejr09/h67nkz03q1nj/wish/131158479 genejr09 https://padlet.com/genejr09/h67nkz03q1nj/wish/131159358 2016-10-17 14:35:46 UTC https://padlet.com/genejr09/h67nkz03q1nj/wish/131159358 genejr09 https://padlet.com/genejr09/h67nkz03q1nj/wish/131160149 Krakatau erupted in 1883, in one of the largest eruptions in recent time. Krakatau is an island volcano along the Indonesian arc, between the much larger islands of Sumatra and Java (each of which has many volcanoes also along the arc). In May, 1883, a series of eruptions commenced which continued until August 27, 1883, when a cataclismic explosion blew the island apart.]]> 2016-10-17 14:37:19 UTC https://padlet.com/genejr09/h67nkz03q1nj/wish/131160149 genejr09 https://padlet.com/genejr09/h67nkz03q1nj/wish/131161225 The Gulf oil spill is recognized as the worst oil spill in U.S. history. Within days of the April 20, 2010 explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico that killed 11 people, underwater cameras revealed the BP pipe was leaking oil and gas on the ocean floor about 42 miles off the coast of Louisiana. By the time the well was capped on July 15, 2010 (87 days later), an estimated 3.19 million barrels of oil had leaked into the Gulf.]]> 2016-10-17 14:39:52 UTC https://padlet.com/genejr09/h67nkz03q1nj/wish/131161225 genejr09 https://padlet.com/genejr09/h67nkz03q1nj/wish/131166157 2016-10-17 14:50:26 UTC https://padlet.com/genejr09/h67nkz03q1nj/wish/131166157 genejr09 https://padlet.com/genejr09/h67nkz03q1nj/wish/131167424 2016-10-17 14:53:18 UTC https://padlet.com/genejr09/h67nkz03q1nj/wish/131167424 genejr09 https://padlet.com/genejr09/h67nkz03q1nj/wish/131168238 2016-10-17 14:55:04 UTC https://padlet.com/genejr09/h67nkz03q1nj/wish/131168238 genejr09 https://padlet.com/genejr09/h67nkz03q1nj/wish/131169702 2016-10-17 14:58:11 UTC https://padlet.com/genejr09/h67nkz03q1nj/wish/131169702 genejr09 https://padlet.com/genejr09/h67nkz03q1nj/wish/131170541 2016-10-17 14:59:58 UTC https://padlet.com/genejr09/h67nkz03q1nj/wish/131170541 genejr09 https://padlet.com/genejr09/h67nkz03q1nj/wish/131171091 2016-10-17 15:01:17 UTC https://padlet.com/genejr09/h67nkz03q1nj/wish/131171091 genejr09 https://padlet.com/genejr09/h67nkz03q1nj/wish/131171477 The chemical component of hydrosphere (water) is Oxygen and Hydrogen.
2H + O = H2O (water).]]> 2016-10-17 15:02:11 UTC https://padlet.com/genejr09/h67nkz03q1nj/wish/131171477 genejr09 https://padlet.com/genejr09/h67nkz03q1nj/wish/131173806 The lithosphere is Earth's outermost layer, composed of rocks in the crust and upper mantle that behave as brittle solids.]]> 2016-10-17 15:07:39 UTC https://padlet.com/genejr09/h67nkz03q1nj/wish/131173806 genejr09 https://padlet.com/genejr09/h67nkz03q1nj/wish/131174406 Nitrogen (N2)- 78%, Oxygen (O2)- 21%, Carbon Dioxide (CO2) - 0.03 %, plus other miscellaneous gases (H2O for one).]]> 2016-10-17 15:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/genejr09/h67nkz03q1nj/wish/131174406